Three Very Different Wars

Given that the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya all involve traveling to really ugly and uncomfortable locations and fighting people whose religious affiliations range from silly to savage, it might be tempting to conclude that the three wars are of a similar moral… Read full post »

Obama's Next Job

Lately, the Open Salon site is alive with woeful tales of unemployment. Ironically, they seem to come from those whose political policies and perspectives are least conducive to stimulating those resources which alone are capable of promoting economic dynamism. But that's a sub… Read full post »

Tax Revolution? Let's Hope So!

It has been suggested that the effort to balance state (and national, for that matter) budgets is resulting in a kind of war against government spending and tax increases. In the interests of national prosperity, this is a goal devoutly to be wished, a war well… Read full post »

Obama's Global Golf

Arab States Plead for U.S. Presidential Attention to Libyan Struggle for Human Rights

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Close ally faces unprecedented natural catastrophe

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The Vacuity of Liberal Hyperbole

When political tides turn against them, liberals really know how to squeal, and a lot of reason gets lost in the hyperbole.

Governor Walker of Wisconsin is so bold and radical as to attempt to fulfill a campaign promise on the basis of which he was… Read full post »

Wisconsin--The Return of the Romantics

Romantics achieved a substantial victory in 2008 when they managed to elect to arguably the most difficult job the world has to offer a young, inexperienced, community organizer from the corrupt political covens of Chicago. For some reason, his supporters… Read full post »

Wisconsin: The Lovely Look of Liberalism

If Nancy Pelosi, who once memorably characterized as "Astroturf" the popular political movement that wrested the congressional gavel from her clutches, wants to see her brand of true democracy in action, she should interrupt her chronic and expensive cro… Read full post »

Must Obama Give Yet Another Speech on Egypt?

One savvy commentator once said of Madonna, "she really doesn't want to live off camera."

Having made a clumsily premature speech on Thursday, he is apparently going to mount the mike yet again this afternoon.

Why? I think it's pretty cle… Read full post »

Cost Cutting—A Radical Approach

In no particular order, Congress should consider the following measures to cut costs and/or increase revenues:

1. Eliminate all tax exemptions for religious organizations
2. Eliminate all payments to the arts and public broadcasting
3. Eliminate all payments/
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It seems that the film version of Ayn Rand's perpetual best seller, Atlas Shrugged, is going to be divided, like all of Gaul, into three parts, sort of an unholy trinity.

The first part is slated to be launched in April. Advance rumors have it that it's a low-budget deal and… Read full post »

What's the Matter with Egypt?

I'm not sure I care that awfully.  There are enough philosophical, political, social, and economic challenges in the United States to occupy its citizens.  For me, Egypt is an overly dry place bogged down in the past where most tourists get sick. I've nev/… Read full post »

Apparently on tonight's Factor show on FOX News, Bill O'Reilly read my letter to him on the subject of education.  Some OSers were kind enough to PM me about it.  Many thanks.

My letter to Bill was quite critical, so once again the myth that FOX is less than "fair and… Read full post »

Obama's Curious Concept of Investing

Obama is currently very fond of talking about the benefits of governmental investment. He shies away from saying anything about spending. It's fair to conclude that he acknowledges, at least privately, that his massive two-year spending program came a croppe… Read full post »

How Has Obama Increased His Popularity? Let Me Count the Ways.

• Obama has cleansed his friends and family calling circle of some of its more liberal members and has replaced some of them with persons who show some signs of knowing what's going on in the real world.
• Obama approved/
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What's in a Name? Nothing, Unless It's Reince Priebus

Ever heard, "i" before "e" except after "c"? It works with "relieve" and "perceive," not with "eight," and Reince Priebus messes up the message considerably. What does one do with "i" and "e" when they follow "r"?

First indications are… Read full post »

Obama in Tucson—Three Brave Little Words

President Barack Obama faced a couple of real challenges as he took the stage last night in Tucson, Arizona to address the crowd that had gathered to pay tribute to the victims and the heroes of the Saturday massacre.

A lesser speaker may hav… Read full post »

Robert Brady, representative from Pennsylvania, is proposing legislation interdicting the use of military symbols in campaign efforts.  He's deeply offended by Palin's use of cross-hairs and the Democrats' prior use of bulls' eyes.

The legislation is of no moment; it's clearly going nowhere.&nbs… Read full post »

Sheriff Dupnik Passes the Buck

Inquiring minds are curious about why Sheriff Clarence "Pug-Ugly" Dupnik of Pima County, Arizona would, within hours of the Tucson tragedy and again later, always on TV of course, rail against the climate of hate allegedly produced by prominent conservatives. The… Read full post »

"Responsible" Discourse:  A Dangerous Step in the Wrong Direction

The recent tragedy in Tucson has stimulated concern in certain quarters about the need to tone down/soften/mute political rhetoric. Insofar as this is done in the interest of promoting expression which is civil and intellige… Read full post »

We've enough to complain about regarding Obama without carping about his characterizing about-to-be-former Press Secretary Gibbs' salary as "modest."

Assuming he doesn't get paid by the "ah," one can make a case that his salary is indeed modest.  The key is in the president's use of the adverb,… Read full post »

Just when you thought that Nancy Pelosi had established a high watermark for stupidity for characterizing the Tea Party movement as astroturf, now comes Harry Reid with the statement that the Tea Party is grounded solely in economic disappointment and will disappear once Obama's politically motivated… Read full post »

God knows, the Teapartiers and other mainstream Americans are entitled to their rage and lust for revenge. On a purely cosmetic level, who can forget Obama's hubric (sic) "We won" and his equally arrogant, "John, the election's over?" On a more substantive level, Obama has assembled a team and promul… Read full post »

Healthcare "Reform" and Other Obamascenities—A Measured Approach

God knows, the Teapartiers and other mainstream Americans are entitled to their rage and lust for revenge. On a purely cosmetic level, who can forget Obama's hubric (sic) "We won" and his equally arrogant, "John, the electio… Read full post »

Nancy Pelosi—Botox on the Brain

Nancy Pelosi would have us believe that as she squats on her yoga mat each morning, she intones, "Reduce the deficit; pay as you go." As a result of this regimen, the national deficit has increased by a paltry $5.2 Trillion under her four-year stewardship.… Read full post »